Adjustable cap



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l. K. TRAU ADJUSTABLE CAP Filed April 24. 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 1,560,952 l. K. TRAU y ADJUSTABLE GAP Filed April 24. 1922 2 Sheets-Shut 2 Patented Nov. 10, 1925i.

UNITE STATES vPATENT OFFICE.

ADJUSTABLE CAP.

Application filed April 24, 1922. Serial No. 556,200.

To all whom it may concern." Be it known that lsrnou l. TRAU, citizen of the United Statesyresiding at Louisville, in the county of Jeerson and State to an improvement over the prior inventionofY a cap for whichapplication for Letters Patent was made January 18, 1922 under the Serial Number 530,121 and which has since matured into Letters Patent #1,414,797 dated May 2, 1922. The invention also relates to improvements in the ca shown in Reissue Patent gti-15,821.5, dated April `8, 1924. p

It has been found, in the practical construction of a cap in the manner shown 1n such prior invention, that certain objections exist which are due to the particular way in which the upwardly extending slits are formed in the lower edge.

One important object of the invention is to improve this manner of forming the slits so as to overcome these existing objections.

lt has also been found that the manner of lining thel cap is not altogether satisfactory.

A second important object of the invention is, therefore, to improve the manner of lining the cap, especially at the slitted portions.

lVith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in general of certain novel details' of construction and combinations of` parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings7 like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views, and

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cap with the front portion shown raised in full lines and dropped onto the visor in dotted lines.

Figure 2 is a detail bottom view of the lfigure 3 is a detail exterior view of the Acap showing a certain slit arrangement.

Figure is -a view similar to Figure 3 with the strap used with the cap turned back.

. Figure 5 is a similar view showing the manner m which the lining folds.-

Figure 6 is a side view of a modified form of the device. y

Figure 7 is a detail view of this modified form with the strap turned back.

Figure 8 is a section on the line 8MS of Figure 6.

Figure is a detail side elevation of a second modification.

Figure 10 is a section on the line 10-1O on the Figure 9.

Figure 11 is a detailview on the second modification on they Figure 7.

In the form here shown the body 10 of the cap is of the usual form and is provided with side seams 11 put to the rear of the visor 12. In frontof the side seams the bottom edge of the cap extends considerably below the bottom edge to the rear of said seams so that the lower front portion of said cap body is offset downwardly from the lower rear portion. The lower ends of the side seam stitohings terminate considerably above the bottom edge of the cap body to provide openings 13. c

The top edge of the back portion 14 of a cap band is secured by stitching 15 to the lower edge of the rear body portion of the cap and this band has forwardly extending ends 16 which pass over the visor and are adjustably connected in front of the body by the snap button arrangement 17 used in the prior device above lreferred to and clearly described and disclosed therein. Owing to the fact that the bottom edge of the front portion of the cap is below the edge towhich the band is attached and that the visor is attached to the said-front portion the band passes forward smoothly and without wrinkles. Moreover the band coversk the lower parts of the side openings or slits so that these are thus rendered invisible. It is to be noted that it is not essential that the openings be made at the lower ends of the side seams butthis is a convenient place .for the same and tends to economy of manufacture.

Within the cap is a lining 18 the lower back edge of which is secured to the lower edge of the back portion of the band by stit hing 19. At the slits or openings the lower part of this lining extends across said slits' to cover or close the same on the inside and it is sewed to the dependlng forward edges of the openings by stitching 2t), being Cil also stitched to the bottoni edge of the front portion of the oep body as at 2l. It will be noted that the lining hns :i hein or doubled portion nt its lowerl part, this hein terniinnt ing short ot the inner and upper ends ot the slits so that, upon contraction of the oep in adjustment to size, the `it'olding or pockering of the hein is Confined to the space be low the seid inner ends.

YWith this construction it will be noted that the sott lining is the onlyT part oi' the bottoni or band portion oi the cap wli-ieli :it any tinie becomes Vtolded or wrinkles and that the heavier ezip bond end bottoni portions oif the body nre olive-ifs smooth no niet ter how the size oi' the Cep iney be varied by the iront ndjiistnient.

in the 'torina eliown in YFigures o' to ll ihe body i() of the @up is provided, with :i senr bodIv portion 2 and n Yliront body poi'- 'tion QS, 'these portions beingl defined lroin enrli other by ai stiteh line t their lower pui-ts the portions 22 and ere coyered by n bund 2i ot theezinie construction is the bund lil and the rear portion overlaps i the iront portion es at 25, said rear portion being securely stitched to the band by stitching Vrihe cop is provided with the usual sott lining 27 wliieli is secured to the itront portion by stitching 2S so as to leaye zt loose and told-able Tportion 29 behind the overlopping parte. It will be noted in this eonstruction ,that at no tiine is there n gzip on the side through which the lining exposed, end that the rear ends of the 'front nitty Colne Astraigfnt down as in Figure 6 or inny be extended back as et 30 in Figure 9, in lmy I-i'n'ving thus described the invention, what is claimed esV new, is

l. A 'oep of the eher-noter destribed, lieviiig o.. body provided with slits extending upward troni its bottoni edge, the bottoni edge portion ot said body in front oi seid slits depending below the bottoni edge portion of the body et the rear, n bund having its iniddle portion stitched et. its upper edge to the bottoni edge of the rear portion ot said body, visor Stitched to the bottom edge of the front portion otl the body, said bend having Yits ends extending forwardly over snid'slits, adjustable connecting ineens for the for-word ends ot saidibnnd, and e lining having its bottoni et stitched at the rear to the bottoni edge oi the band and nt the front to the bottoni edge of the body, sii-id lining being further stitched to the inziterial :it the front edge of each slit in a. line extending substantially parallel with said front edge, said lining extending continuons from front to back across the slits within the cap;

i gzip ot the Character described, lieving n body provided with side senins open nt the bottoni to torni slits extending npwerd trein ite bottoni edge, the bottom edge portion of seid body in liront of said slitte depending below the bottoni edge portion ot the body at the rear, e bend having its iniddle portion stitched it its upper edge to the bottom edge of the rear portion osaid body, a, visor stitched to the bottoni edge oit the Yit'rontportion ot.' the body, said band lin-ving its ends extending forwardly over said slits,

adjustable connecting ineens Vfor the forward ends of Suid bend, and n lining having its bottoni edge stitched at the rear to the bottoni edge oftliebendend et the front tothe bottom edge of the body, said lining being :turther stitched to the front edge i erich opening in e line extending substantially parallel with sni'dfroiit edge said lining extending continuous from front to back across the slits within the `eap, said lining having a 'doubled lower edge with the doubled portion below the upper ends oi' the slits.

In testimony whereof l aiiixniy signature.

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